# Azure AD authentication for AzureOpenAI **URL:** \ **Category:** Support\ **Tags:** integration\ **Created:** [July 17, 2023, 9:36am UTC](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/azure-ad-authentication-for-azureopenai/381 "2023-07-17T09:36:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![devbeekay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@devbeekay](https://forum.weaviate.io/u/devbeekay)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2023, 9:36am UTC](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/azure-ad-authentication-for-azureopenai/381/1 "2023-07-17T09:36:13Z")
I’m trying to use weaviate client where my Azure Open AI deployment only supports “azure\_ad” deployment. Is there a way to integrate this or is `X-Azure-Api-Key` the only way? ---
**Author:** ![jphwang](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.weaviate.io/jphwang/32/38_2.png) [@jphwang](https://forum.weaviate.io/u/jphwang)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2023, 7:51pm UTC](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/azure-ad-authentication-for-azureopenai/381/2 "2023-07-17T19:51:13Z")
Hi @devbeekay - I think that is the only way, but I’ll pass it onto the team. ---
**Author:** ![antas-marcin](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.weaviate.io/antas-marcin/32/20_2.png) [@antas-marcin](https://forum.weaviate.io/u/antas-marcin)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2023, 10:38am UTC](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/azure-ad-authentication-for-azureopenai/381/3 "2023-07-20T10:38:35Z")
@devbeekay Unfortunately we don’t suport Azure AD authentication. You can pass your Azure API key using `X-Azure-Api-Key` request header or you can define `azureApiKey` in our [helm charts](https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate-helm/blob/master/weaviate/values.yaml#L615) then our helm chart will create a K8s secret in your cluster and store the `Azure API Key` in it, then this key will be used by default in all queries to Azure.